Saturday, June 9, 2012

2012 Update


     Back on January 1, I wrote this post about the new year and the fifty things I was going to do in 2012.  In mid- March I checked in here with my progress.  I didn't go through each item but I selected three that I had been faithful to and three that I could refocus my energies on.   Considering that it is now June, it seems as if it is time for another update.

     The three things that I seemed to be on track with in March were continuing to get daily exercise (via new running shoes purchased in January), writing on a more consistent basis, and learning to say no when someone else's plan for me didn't match my own plan.  I am still hanging in there with those three.  The three things that could deserve more attention?  A daily meditation habit, a trip to Alaska in June, and more frequent afternoon walks for Ellie.  Hmmmmm - all three of those are sitting where they were in March.  Meditation is a should (and in direct conflict with say no to stuff you don't want to do).  Alaska?  That's a no go although I am eager and up for some kind of adventure over the next two months.  Walking Ellie?  She gets lots of morning walks but I am up for some late afternoon walks as summer settles in.

  Okay, so let's see where I am with six other goals.

   #9.  Remember that life is short and then you die.  Yup.  Got that one covered.  Maybe too well.

Qualify as quirky?
   #33.  Take more photographs.  Yup.  Got that one covered too.  These days I carry the iphone and often the little Canon camera on walks and here and there.  My eyes are open to beauty and curiosity everywhere.  I enjoy adding photos and graphics to my blog and my preference is that I take them from my own library.  I am jazzed to expand that library this summer.  I have a million flowers and beach photos.  Looking for quirky, urban and faces now.

   #41.  Repot the house plants.  Yup.  I actually did  that about a month ago.  One sunny Saturday set me in motion on that project and they are thriving.  Checked off for at least another year.

  #1.  Go out to the beach at least once a month.  Nope.  So not on track with that one.  But I am not giving up.  WIth more free time over the next two months, I will make up for some lost time earlier in the year.  I hope to reconnect in a way that I won't lose this in the fall.

Current read
   #46.  Read at some other time than right before I go to sleep at night.  I am getting better at this one and now we are coming into the reading season.  Summer is all about reading.  Reading in the afternoon, reading early in the morning, reading novels and gripping stories.  I read less non fiction and more fiction in the summer.  I can be captivated by stories.  Whoo hoo!

   #48.  Write more love letters.  Ahhhh, I like that one!  I want to refocus on what I love in life and then tell it that I love it.  Fun!  Look for more in the second half of the year than you saw in the first.

     Okay, there it is for all the world to see.  My list of fifty for 2012 is still in my awareness.  Hello, summer!  I will cherish every moment that is you.  Guaranteed.



15 comments:

  1. Sounds like overall you're making a lot of progress. I think it's time for me to review my own list. Thanks for the reminder.

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    1. I don't really know about the progress - yes on some things, nothing on others. But it is fun to go back to cold, gray January and remember what I wanted to do.

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  2. I am also trying to meditate daily! I love your last one write more love letters to the things you love! :)

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    1. I have heard for years and years and years - mediation is the key. Maybe but it means you have to make time for that and you don't get to move while you are doing it. Hard for me to get motivated for that. But love letters? Love those love letters!

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    2. That would be meditation.... though mediation can be good too.

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  3. Maybe I will try that list thing on my birthday, July 1. But I think I will leave off #9, especially on this birthday. I think the number of candles that should go on my cake is reminder enough.
    I had to go back and re-read #33. At first I thought I read it as quirky urban faces. I mentally blocked out the commas and sat here curiously wondering just what was a quirky urban face :)

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    1. The key to the list is to make it long. It's easy to come up with 10 or 12 things but having to dig a bit for 50 makes - perhaps - more interesting.
      And, hey, quirky urban faces could be good too :-)

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  4. I love number #48! Love letters to my husband, funny notes for the kids, emails to my sisters, a June Mother's Day card for my Mom (because as I wrote to her, Mother's Day isn't just one day of the year)...

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    1. Love letters to people are good and can be scary. Love letters to things, like seasons ( look at this one: http://sebtown294.blogspot.com/2012/01/dear-winter.html) are fun and touching in their own way. I have love letters to write.

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  5. I love that pic of Buddha and a nun. Can I use it for my Finding my religion blog? I will of course give you credit.
    I am crossing things off my endless to do list lately and getting my ass in gear. Maybe that's in the air? It's all a bunch of stuff that has been looming for months and I'm finding that by doing these things that I'm freeing myself up creatively.
    Yes, summer is for reading. I've read two books in the last two days and I love it. I have a whole shelf of books that I want to read, but I never give myself time to just sit in a chair and enjoy myself. Well, that's changing. Oddly, reading others makes me want to write more.
    Good luck with your list and have a bitchin' summer!

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    1. Sure, you are welcome to use the nun and the Buddha! Sissy Girl gave me the nun for Christmas. She is a wind-up nun and she spits sparks! Buddha just hangs out with her....
      Three times during the last three days I have enjoyed the guilty pleasure of reading on the bed IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. Too decadent! Surely the nun will send me to hell for that...
      and speaking of such things - The Whole Death Catalog is coming to my house tomorrow! Supposed to be both informative and entertaining. Do you know it?

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    2. No. what is it?
      I copied the pic and am writing my first blog post on my new blog. I am attributing it to your real name. Is that okay? Shoot me an email.

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    3. Check it out at Amazon:
      http://www.amazon.com/The-Whole-Death-Catalog-Lively/dp/0345499646/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339763054&sr=1-1&keywords=the+whole+death+catalog

      I just started reading it yesterday but I will send the copy on to you when I am finished. :-)

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  6. Wishing you much reading time this summer!

    p.s. Writing more love letters is an excellent idea, I'm stealing that one!

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    1. Yes, writing love letters brings out the tenderness in everything. They make me feel alive!
      And , Caroline, wait til you see the posts for the next two days - new original artwork -- I still want to send you some pieces!

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